Local Help: a Polish local on your side
The essentials: Practical help for expats - before you move or already living in Poland, online or in person. Video calls with a local, paperwork reviews, accompaniment to offices, phone-call interpreting and more. Send an enquiry, and we confirm what we can do, when, and at what price before anything is booked.
Guides are useful, but sometimes you need a person. Someone who speaks Polish, knows how the office works, and can jump on a call - or come with you. Local Help is Expats Poland's practical service: you tell us the situation, we match it with the right kind of help, and you get a clear scope and price up front.
How it works
- Send an enquiry. Message us on Instagram @expatspoland.daily with the service name and your situation.
- We confirm. We reply with what we can do, the exact scope, timing and the final price. In-person help is currently available in Warsaw and Krakow; online services work from anywhere.
- You decide. Nothing is booked and nothing is charged until you say yes.
Services and prices
Introductory prices in euro, per service or per hour as marked. Every engagement starts with a free enquiry - the final quote depends on your case. Official fees, tickets, sworn-translation costs and travel beyond the agreed scope are never included in the listed price; if your case needs them, we quote them in advance, and the total is agreed before any work starts.
1. Video call with a local €39
One hour on Zoom or Meet with a Polish local: your move plan, residence route, city choice, costs, culture - bring your questions, leave with answers.
Enquire2. Personal move roadmap €59
One written step-by-step plan for one move - your work type, family and timeline - covering one person or one family: the offices, documents and deadlines in order, and links to the right guides.
Enquire3. Residence application review €49
A second pair of eyes on one temporary-residence application before you submit in MOS: we check administrative completeness - that forms are filled, attachments match the office's checklist, and nothing obvious is missing. Plain-language practical help, not a legal assessment of your case.
Enquire4. Office accompaniment €25/hour
A Polish-speaking helper comes with you - to address registration, the PESEL office, the voivodeship office or a meeting where Polish matters. In person in Warsaw or Krakow.
Enquire5. Three-way phone help €15
Thirty minutes of live interpreting on a call with an office, a clinic, a landlord or a school: we dial in and help you communicate in Polish, so you can ask your questions and understand the answers directly.
Enquire6. Rental contract review €59
One lease walked through in plain English before you sign: what czynsz covers, how the deposit works, notice terms and what the standard clauses say. Practical plain-language help, not a legal review - for legal questions we point you to a licensed lawyer. Online.
Enquire7. Accounts setup session €35
A guided 60-minute online session: bank account choice, Profil Zaufany, IKP for healthcare, e-ZUS and the apps that make Polish bureaucracy bearable.
Enquire8. School enrolment help €49
Finding your catchment school, the enrolment paperwork, and the free Polish-language support your child is entitled to. Online; local follow-up in Warsaw or Krakow.
Enquire9. Arrival day support €79
Up to three hours together on day one: meet at arrivals, get the SIM and transport card, and run the first errands. In person in Warsaw or Krakow.
Enquire10. Sworn translation coordination €19
What needs a sworn translator and what does not, quotes from translators for your documents, and the order to do things in. Online.
EnquireThe honest small print
We are building our helper network as enquiries come in: in-person help currently covers Warsaw and Krakow, online services work from anywhere, and every engagement is confirmed per request, never assumed. Local Help gives practical, everyday assistance; it is not legal advice, and for legal cases we will point you to a licensed professional. Prices above are indicative introductory offers shown in euro; the confirmed quote for your case may differ and is always agreed before any work starts.